Hugh Segal
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The Honourable Hugh Segal OC OOnt |
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| 5th Master of Massey College | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John Fraser |
| Senator for Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds, Ontario | |
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In office August 2, 2005 – June 15, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Paul Martin |
| 4th Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 1992–1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Norman Spector |
| Succeeded by | David McLaughlin |
| Personal details | |
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October 13, 1950 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa |
Hugh Segal, OC OOnt (born October 13, 1950) is a Canadian political strategist, author, commentator, academic and former senator. He served as Chief of Staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Segal resigned from the Senate effective June 15, 2014, prior to his upcoming appointment as Master of Massey College, Toronto for a seven-year term effective July 1, 2014.
Segal was inspired by a visit by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to his Montreal High School the early 1960s. Segal is a graduate of the University of Ottawa. He was an aide to federal Progressive Conservative Leader of the Opposition Robert Stanfield in the early 1970s, while still a university student. At age 21, he was an unsuccessful candidate in Ottawa Centre for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 general election. He was defeated again in 1974.
As a member of the Big Blue Machine, Segal was a senior aide to Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Bill Davis in the 1970s and 1980s and was named Deputy Minister at age 29. From 1992 to 1993 he was Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
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